Ginny's Adventures 2009 travel blog

east end of Pictured Rocks

Au Sable Falls

very tall dune at edge of Lake Superior

closer view of Au Sable Falls

looking down the dune

looking east from the dune

Au Sable River empties into the Lake

very fine sand

remains of a ship washed to shore

Au Sable Lightstation

lone Canadian Goose

Pictured Rocks on east end

sandstone shoreline

ridge under that sandstone causes breaks

I walked 1500 feet on rocks to see this shipwreck

iron nails stick out of wooden planks of ship

remains of an old farmstead

huge wheels for transporting logs to the chute

logs went up the dune

then down to the water and ships

logs went so fast, there were fires on the chute from the...

 

 

yep, I had to climb up there to look down!


There are two entrances to the Park. The eastern entrance has a driving road, so I went to check it out. I thought it would just be a road on top of the rocks I saw on the boat trip, but I was wrong. The road leads to the Sable (pronounced “sahble” – French for sand) lake, creek and water falls, then to a log slide, and finally, to a campground and trail leading to the Au Sable Lightstation. I was awed by the cascading waterfalls, the largeness and steepness of the sand dunes at the shoreline, and the views from the lighthouse. I got to see shipwrecks without paying $33 to go on a glass-bottomed boat. I do the best I can with pictures, but they never can relay accurately what I saw with my own eyes. I only wish I had someone to travel with to share these sights and sounds and smells.

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